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"We didn't though, and it is difficult to say if it was down to complacency. But when we got 1-0 up, we let the game go again. And that's where we are guilty.

"We worked so hard to get ahead and then we let it go again.

“What we delivered was not good enough and we all know that. There will certainly be changes for Tuesday.

“I would say the electric level in our heads was not high enough.”

France international William Gallas, one of many Arsenal players to suffer a lapse in form against Hull, has warned his team-mates that they cannot afford to take so-called lesser teams for granted if they are to mount a serious challenge for the title.

He said: "If we think like this we will not go anywhere.

"The players were ready to play a strong game. We were not lucky and we have to work more and try to stay in fourth position.

"It's very difficult to accept. We said all the time we wanted to win every game and we lost 2-1 to Hull City."

Meanwhile, Hull manager Brown is currently trying to keep his players' grounded, with the newly-promoted club currently sixth in the league.

He said: "We were bottom of the Championship 18 months ago. We have won three games and that's probably two or three more than people expected us to win.

"We keep our feet on the ground but we are an ambitious group.

"To be a Premier League club is a great achievement, to be one at the end of this season would be a fantastic achievement.